PRINTER'S NO. 2879
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
189
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, ARMANINI, BERNSTINE, CAUSER, COOK, COX,
FARRY, FEE, FRITZ, GREINER, HAMM, HELM, HERSHEY, IRVIN,
JAMES, JONES, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, KNOWLES,
M. MACKENZIE, R. MACKENZIE, MAJOR, MALONEY, MARSHALL,
MILLARD, MOUL, MUSTELLO, E. NELSON, OBERLANDER, ORTITAY,
PICKETT, RADER, RAPP, ROAE, ROTHMAN, ROWE, RYAN, SANKEY,
SAYLOR, SCHEMEL, SCHMITT, SMITH, STAATS, STAMBAUGH, STRUZZI
AND WARNER, MARCH 24, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MARCH 24, 2022
A RESOLUTION
Urging the President of the United States and the Congress of
the United States to take measures to increase America's
long-term energy affordability and security by ensuring the
continued operation and expansion of our oil and gas
infrastructure.
WHEREAS, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made it clear that
America and our allies should not be relying on our geopolitical
rivals for our energy needs; and
WHEREAS, Oil and natural gas are vital components of our
nation's economy, providing more than 11 million jobs
nationwide, including 480,300 total jobs and $78.3 billion in
gross domestic income in Pennsylvania alone; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's and America's energy abundance has
provided security that has led to reliable, affordable energy
for Americans and our allies across the globe; and
WHEREAS, The world is looking to America and Pennsylvania for
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energy leadership and stability, which we are more than capable
of providing; and
WHEREAS, Operation and expansion of our oil and gas
pipelines, which play a critical role in America's energy
leadership, have been thwarted by the Federal Government,
including the Biden Administration's inappropriate decision to
stop the Keystone XL pipeline; and
WHEREAS, The Biden Administration continues to increase costs
and delay efforts to develop oil and natural gas leasing on
Federal lands and waters despite the fact that these
developments have provided billions of dollars in revenues to
Federal, state and local governments and supported conservation
projects throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has
recently set troubling new rules and standards that will make
approving new pipeline projects considerably more difficult;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania strongly urge the President of the
United States and the Congress of the United States to take
measures and support policies that ensure long-term American
energy leadership, security and progress, including those that
result in the continued operation of existing oil and natural
gas pipelines, the construction of new oil and gas pipelines,
the resumption of consistent, credible Federal lease sales and
an immediate program to allow for offshore drilling; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States, the United States Secretary
of the Interior, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and
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each member of the United States Congress.
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